The Twilight Saga's Eclipse Reviews

Movie Reviews

• why the bloodsucker and the wolf boy treat Bella as if she's the cat's meow is still a mystery

  by Kevin C. Johnson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch ]

• What elevates "Eclipse" above the previous "Twilight" films is that it doesn't take itself so seriously, and Slade doesn't allow his stars to

  by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic ]

• this film will not win over any casual fans or newcomers

  by Jeff Vice [Deseret News ]

• The truth is, almost everyone planning to see "Eclipse" will know how things end before the opening credits even appear

  by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News ]

• The pleasant surprise this time around is that the result finally feels more like the blockbuster this top-earning franchise deserves

  by Peter Debruge [Variety ]

• The movies are interesting without ever being good

  by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe ]

• the first Twilight film that feels like a real movie in its own right, not just a spin-off from a mass literary cult

  by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail ]

• pretty much more of the same

  by Claudia Puig [USA Today ]

• Kind of like snatching off a Band-Aid, rather than tugging it slowly

  Review rate : C- by Steve Persall [St. Petersburg Times ]

• Faint praise, indeed. And also misleading

  by Peter Travers [Rolling Stone ]

• Eclipse, like its two predecessors, is ham-fisted and obvious, a mass-market entertainment with a frustrating lack of imagination

  by Rene Rodriguez [Miami Herald ]

• easily the least compelling, least fun entry in the saga thus far

  by Steven Rea [Philadelphia Inquirer ]

• compulsively watchable

  Review rate : B+ by Owen Gleiberman [Entertainment Weekly ]

• a more robustly entertaining film than either of its predecessors

  by A.O. Scott [NY Times ]

• "Eclipse" looks primed to be the most successful film yet in Summit Entertainment's franchise

  by Kirk Honeycutt [Hollywood Reporter ]

• "Eclipse" is the brightest chapter in the series so far

  by Colin Covert [Minneapolis Star Tribune ]

• "Eclipse" is easily the best movie of the three, but that's not saying a lot

  by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times ]

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